Instead of just writing your name and business name on a nametag, you can stick one of your business cards on the nametag. This way you get a visual plug, too. You probably will want to write your name above the card so that people can read it without sticking their nose in your armpit.
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A friend just passed this on to me: The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard. It’s a 20 minute illustrated and narrated video about the real impact of stuff on our planet.
While here on the projectsimplify site, I focus primarily on the effects of stuff on your well being–Annie goes global.
I’ve watched the […]

Is this you:

Have a self-storage unit.
Are tired of paying for it.
Have the “it’s spring, just-get-rid-of-all-that-crap” bug?

If so, do I have the idea for you. Not my idea, mind you. It showed up in the snail mail box this morning: a flyer from Grass Valley Self Storage announcing a “Gigantic Yard Sale” at a self-storage facility […]

After two and a half hours (and a previous meeting postponement) at the Nevada City City Council meeting, we got a unanimous “Aye” vote for a Resolution to close Union Street in downtown Nevada City for the 18 Saturdays between June 28 and October 25! Yay!
The event will be under the umbrella of the Nevada […]

I spoke with Frances Fayden of Create Your Amazing Life, a woman whose business philosophy is very similar to mine. We talked about marketing philosophy and how the old school way of pushing and blindly canvassing every nook and cranny was out while putting out a heart based message to attract compatible clients is now […]

A few updates for the Nevada County area:
1. Today I saw the coordinator of the paper shred-a-thon fund raiser that happened on Saturday–”Success!” was the report. He said they raised a great chunk of change and filled up two large trucks with shredded paper. Last year they had one truck and they had to turn […]

I’ve recently added a local, Nevada County resource to the Freebies and Downloads page. It’s a list of resources for getting rid of your stuff. You’ll see that the dump aka Transfer Station is mentioned on the page because really, that’s the only place that will take the junk sometimes. However, whenever possible keep stuff […]